Progress is being made on the new cab for Roger.

It was found that the doorways would need to be extended right up to roof level in order that a 16mm scale driver would be able to get in and out without bashing his bonce.

Cardboard patterns for a new cab for Roger have been made and finalised. Then the finished pattern was then flattened out and placed onto a sheet of steel, marked round in ink lining pen, and then the steel was cut to shape.

All-round footplate has now been fitted to Roger in Low End Works.

Cardboard templates have been made for the new all-round steel foot-plating being made for loco No.2. Once finalised the templates will be used to mark out the sheet steel for cutting.

No.2 Boy Roger is back in Low End Works for a major rebuilding project. The loco will have the following new features added:

The Sunday service train on 22nd November was operated by loco No.2 Boy Roger as an experiment to see whether the little Mamods are capable of hauling the new and heavy Mk2 steel coaches. The service was run as a single coach train using coach 206.

On Saturday 21st November Loco No.2 Boy Roger was put on blocks and run up on test. The engine recently underwent repairs to the fuel tank and adjustments were made to the gas burner.

It's that time of year again when autumn leaves cause a hazard to trains on the Swallowdale Railway. A clean sweep has to be made manually before the services can run, and drivers have to remain vigilant....!

Engine No.3 Mate Susan made a short visit to Low End Works recently for minor modifications: